Facilities of the Port of New Orleans
| Published date | 01 January 1919 |
| Date | 01 January 1919 |
| Author | Walter Parker |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271621908600117 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Facilities
of
the
Port
of
New
Orleans
By
WALTER
PARKER
General
Manager,
New
Orleans
Association
of
Commerce
NEW
ORLEANS,
seeking
to
become
in
fact
as
well
as
in
~ ’
theory,
the
port
market
of
lowest
resistance
for
the
Missis-
sippi
Valley,
has,
in
ten
years,
done
the
following
constructive
things:
Destroyed
250,000
open
cisterns
in
order
that
the
stegomyia
fasciata,
or
yellow
fever
transmitting
mosquito,
can
have
no
place
there
to
breed.
In
this
way
the
danger
of
yellow
fever
epidem-
ics
has
been
completely
removed.
Expense
involved,
about
$12,000,000.
Rat
proofed
150,000
buildings
so
rats
can
find
no
breeding
places.
Without
rats
there
can
be
no
rat
epizo6tic
and
no
rat
fleas
to
transmit
the
disease
to
human
beings
in
the
form
of
bubonic
plague.
Expense
involved
about
Sg,ooo,ooo.
Caused
the
operation
of
quarantine
regulations
along
the
Gulf
Coast
to
pass
from
the
jurisdiction
of
the
several
states
to
the
f ederal
government.
In
this
way,
varying
and
irregular
regulations
against
the
bringing
in
of
disease
from
tropical
countries
have
been
replaced
by
constant
and
wise
regulations
of
a
completely
uniform
character.
Built
five
miles
of
steel
covered
wharves
along
the
harbor
front
at
a
cost
of
about
$5,000,000.
Built
the
world’s
largest
and
most
efficiently
equipped
cotton
warehouse
and
terminal
at
a
cost
of
about
$3,500,000,
exclusive
of
the
land.
It
has
a
storage
capacity
of
425,00o
bales,
and
an
annual
handling
capacity
of
2,ooo,ooo
bales.
It
is
now
being
enlarged.
Built
the
world’s
most
efficient
grain
elevator
at
a
cost
of
~Z,ooo,ooo;
capacity,
2,250,000
bushels.
It
can
load
or
unload
four
ships
at
one
time.
Handling
capacity,
96,ooo
bushels per
hour.
Built
and
equipped
a
complete
municipal
belt
railroad
which
connects
and
serves
all
railroads
entering
the
city,
all
wharves,
landings,
warehouses
and
industries.
Investment,
about
$1,500,000.
Installed
a
complete
and
modern
system
of
sewerage,
drain-
age
and
pure
water
supply.
Investment
made
and
to
be
fin-
ished,
about
$40,000,000.
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